"LADYBUG!" Adrien woke wreathed in sweat in a room eerily similar to his own, yet completely different. "Plagg, what happened? Where am I?"

"Well, it doesn't look like anywhere I've seen, so I can't help you, kid." He floated away lazily.

"We need to figure out what happened to Ladybug. What could that akuma have done to her?" Adrien flopped back onto his bed, dramatically pressing his palm into his forehead.

At that moment, however, Nathalie walked in. "Adrien, you need to get to school. If you don't leave quickly, you'll be late."

"Um, ok, Nathalie," replied a confused Adrien. Once she left, Adrien murmured to himself, "Strange. Nathalie never has to wake me up. I never sleep late; my alarm always works! I don't even see a clock!" Adrien opened his wardrobe, "Why, these clothes look like they are from the 1700's! This day is getting weirder by the second."

As it was the first day of the school year, the day was fairly slow. For Adrien, however, it was quite strange without any of the girls there, especially Marinette. He just loved the way she always thought of others, though he always wondered why she stuttered around him but seemingly no one else. When lunch finally came, He was excited to see what type of food this strange land would hold. He followed the others to the lunch room and took his place in line when he suddenly saw her. She was smiling, a smile that only she could pull off, looking adorable in her quaint pink dress, when she suddenly spotted him and quickly spun around towards Alya, looking quite nervous. He loved it when she was nervous, it was so cute (in a friendly kind of way, of course!).

"Alya, Alya, he's here, he's here, what do I do, what do I do?! "

"Chill, girl. First, stop talking in doubles. Second, who's here?"

"A-ADRIEN's here!" Marinette frantically tidied herself off as she looked appealingly to Alya.

"Oh, so now that's your crush. Adrien, as in Adrien Agreste? The future Duc d'Agreste? Wow girl, that some celebrity crush."

"What? No! An actual crush!"

"Hello, ladies. What's this about a crush Marinette? Who's the lucky guy?"

"Umm, well, see you-I mean, you see, it's person a! I mean a-a person!"

"Oh, a secret crush! I won't nag you then. Thanks for the food!" said Adrien as he took a seat by Nino.

"Girl, Adrien AGRESTE knows your name, and talked to you?! How long have you known him?!"

"Um, just a couple of years."

"Whaaat?!" Screamed Alya, "You didn't tell me?!"

"I thought you knew! Oh well, you know now."

After school as Marinette walked home she thought of the events of the past two days. A crazy akuma attack that sent her to some unknown time and place, a new job, and not knowing where Chat Noir was. It almost made her depressed.

"Oh, Tikki, I wish I knew where Chat was. I really miss him."

"Chin up, Marinette. I bet Chat Noir's somewhere around seeing as all your other friends are here. Why don't you go on a patrol and look for him?"

"That's a great idea, Tikki!" said a much happier Marinette, "Why don't we go now?"

"All right, Marinette. You do need to realize that since we are in a different time where women wear dresses your costume will be much different."

"Ok, Tikki. Thanks for letting me know," said Marinette as she ducked into a nearby alley.

After the pink sparks flew away, Ladybug stood in Marinette's place, clad in a ebony dress with a ladybug printed kerchief and her usual mask. She swung her yoyo and pulled herself up to a nearby roof, looking for the tallest building in sight. The Eiffel Tower was missing from its typical resting place, as it hadn't yet been built. The next best option was a looming set of eight towers, the Bastille, she noted with a slight shudder. Ladybug quickly flung her yoyo towards the nearest tower, though, landing with ease. As she stood looking over the skyline, the peculiar sound of metal grinding against stone reached her ears. As she turned to look, a figure reached the top of the tower, quickly falling into a menacing stance.